Operabase435.000 performances on file since 1996;Seasons of 900+ opera companies, around 25,000 performances each year

The five seasons 2009/10 to 2013/14Works from 1249 different composers were played, of whom more than half (670) are livingA total of 2565 different works were given, including 300 world premieres over the 5 seasons

Total number of performances by country, for the 2013/14 season.In brackets, the national populations in millions. The one big change compared with our previous years' statistics is the rise of Russia, which is due to better collection rather than an actual increase in the number of performances.

Germany easily maintains its dominant position, but Russia overtakes the USA to move into second place.

1

de

Duitsland

7565

(81.758m)

2

ru

Rusland

1920

(141.927m)

3

us

Verenigde Staten

1811

(308.746m)

4

it

Italië

1268

(60.419m)

5

fr

Frankrijk

1266

(65.822m)

6

at

Oostenrijk

1252

(8.356m)

7

uk

Verenigd Koninkrijk

1127

(62.042m)

8

cz

Tsjechische Republiek

934

(10.675m)

9

ch

Zwitserland

747

(7.786m)

10

es

Spanje

654

(46.030m)

11

pl

Polen

645

(38.192m)

12

hu

Hongarije

614

(9.942m)

13

ua

Oekraïne

522

(44.854m)

14

se

Zweden

369

(9.354m)

15

bg

Bulgarije

323

(7.577m)

16

ro

Roemenië

302

(21.959m)

17

au

Australië

268

(22.560m)

18

sk

Slovakije

267

(5.430m)

19

dk

Denemarken

250

(5.558m)

20

be

België

246

(10.828m)

Landen, per capitaTop

The number of performances per million citizens.In brackets, the total number of performances and the population in millions.

1

at

Oostenrijk

149.8

(1252 /

8.356m)

2

ee

Estland

97.8

(131 /

1.340m)

3

ch

Zwitserland

95.9

(747 /

7.786m)

4

de

Duitsland

92.5

(7565 /

81.758m)

5

cz

Tsjechische Republiek

87.5

(934 /

10.675m)

6

hu

Hongarije

61.8

(614 /

9.942m)

7

si

Slovenië

60.5

(124 /

2.049m)

8

lt

Litouwen

53.3

(173 /

3.244m)

9

sk

Slovakije

49.2

(267 /

5.430m)

10

dk

Denemarken

45.0

(250 /

5.558m)

11

bg

Bulgarije

42.6

(323 /

7.577m)

12

lu

Luxemburg

41.8

(21 /

0.502m)

13

lv

Letland

40.1

(89 /

2.218m)

14

se

Zweden

39.4

(369 /

9.354m)

15

no

Noorwegen

36.0

(178 /

4.938m)

16

hr

Kroatië

35.9

(161 /

4.486m)

17

fi

Finland

30.5

(164 /

5.375m)

18

be

België

22.7

(246 /

10.828m)

19

it

Italië

21.0

(1268 /

60.419m)

20

fr

Frankrijk

19.2

(1266 /

65.822m)

StedenTop

The number of performances in each city, in the 2013/14 season.The figure given in brackets is the urban population in millions.
The most operatic city in 2013/14 is Berlin (top also in 2011/12), overtaking Wien (top in 2009/10 and 2012/13. Moscow is third.

1

de (#1)

Berlin

581

(3.44m)

2

at (#1)

Wien

556

(2.00m)

3

ru (#1)

Moscow

539

(10.56m)

4

uk (#1)

London

511

(8.28m)

5

ru (#2)

St Petersburg

501

(4.88m)

6

hu (#1)

Budapest

360

(2.52m)

7

fr (#1)

Paris

352

(10.20m)

8

cz (#1)

Praha

350

(1.25m)

9

us (#1)

New York

337

(18.22m)

10

de (#2)

Hamburg

302

(1.77m)

11

de (#3)

Dresden

287

(0.78m)

12

de (#4)

München

287

(2.61m)

13

es (#1)

Madrid

263

(3.26m)

14

ch (#1)

Zurich

200

(0.37m)

15

se (#1)

Stockholm

188

(1.25m)

16

de (#5)

Frankfurt

186

(2.29m)

17

de (#6)

Stuttgart

160

(1.80m)

18

de (#7)

Hannover

156

(0.53m)

19

pl (#1)

Wroclaw

156

(0.63m)

20

sk (#1)

Bratislava

151

(0.59m)

ComponistenTop

Composers ranked by the number of performances of their operas over the five seasons 2009/10 to 2013/14